Slipknot singer Corey Taylor is facing backlash from fans after appearing on “Joseph,” a new song from Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke that also features System of a Down’s Serj Tankian. The reaction was detailed on the Slipknot subreddit, where members voiced their frustration over the collaboration.
Much of the criticism centers on Radke’s history of controversy and feuds with other musicians. Fans say this makes his pairing with Taylor especially jarring, given Taylor’s past public criticism of other artists.
“Corey shit talking Imagine Dragons and MGK but then doing a song with Falling In Reverse is truly one of the moments of all time,” one Slipknot fan wrote.
Another fan questioned whether Taylor was fully aware of Radke’s reputation before agreeing to the feature.
“He either doesn’t know what a GIANT piece of dog shit Ronnie is or he just doesn’t care,” they said. “Both possibilities are troublesome.”
Some fans acknowledged Taylor’s vocal performance on the track while still criticizing the song and its lineup as a whole.
“Corey, annoyingly, sounds pretty good in it,” another fan said. “He’s still got potential in his voice. It is genuinely one of the worst things I’ve ever heard, though. I’m genuinely surprised at least 2 artists who were pretty much visionaries in their earlier careers have featured on that absolute garbage.”
The overall sentiment among commenters was one of disappointment in both artists involved.
“This has been the most embarrassing week for Slipknot fans,” another fan wrote.
The backlash comes just days after “Joseph” first hit the internet. The timeline of its release helps explain why the collaboration caught so many fans off guard.
Falling In Reverse dropped “Joseph” on September 14, 2026, marking the band’s first new single of the year and its first new music in over a year. The title is not a reference to anyone else; it comes from Radke’s own middle name. More notably, the track marks the first time Corey Taylor and Serj Tankian have appeared together on a recorded song.
The song’s accompanying music video, directed by Jensen Noen, features both guest vocalists alongside Radke. It quickly gained traction online, surpassing 2 million views on YouTube within a day of its release. The rapid viewership underscores just how much attention the unlikely trio has drawn, even as much of that attention has come in the form of criticism from Slipknot’s own fanbase.
Radke has since offered his own account of how the historic pairing came together, revealing the simple approach he used to lock down both high-profile guest features.
“I got Corey Taylor and Serj Tankian onto the same song by sending them both ‘Joseph’ at the exact same time,” Radke said.
That strategy appears to have paid off from a promotional standpoint, generating headlines and streaming numbers. It has also stirred controversy among longtime Slipknot listeners, who see the collaboration as a departure from Taylor’s earlier public stance on artists like Imagine Dragons and Machine Gun Kelly.
